- to disunite, disconnect
The sauce will separate if you don't keep stirring.
separate, separated, separated
- (transitive) To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts
Sort the letters in those bags into a separate pile for each language.
sort, sorted, sorted
- To recognize someone or something as different from others based on its characteristics
The soldier distinguished himself in combat and received a medal.
distinguish, distinguished, distinguished
- to sever or interrupt a connection
My wi-fi got disconnected.
disconnect, disconnected, disconnected
- to separate from prior association
After the incident at the dinner party, people started to cut him on the street.
uncountable · cut, cut, cut
- to separate the heavier and lighter with a current of air
They winnowed the field to twelve.
winnow, winnowed, winnowed
- (intransitive, idiomatic, Of a group of people) Cease to be together, break apart from the group
After she left to go travelling, my girlfriend and I split up.
split up, split up, split up
- to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules
you have to hyphenate his surname as it's double-barrelled
hyphenate, hyphenated, hyphenated
- to cut or divide into layers
Layer the ribbons on top of one another to make an attractive pattern.
layer, layered, layered
- split into strips
He slit the bag open and the rice began pouring out.
slit, slit, slit
- (transitive) To break or separate into pieces
It broke up when it hit the ground.
break up, broke up, broken up
- (transitive, obsolete) To draw; to conduct away; to take away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part; to move a li...
abduce, abduced, abduced
- to separate two people or animals that are fighting
A frayed rope will pull apart under tension.
pull apart, pulled apart, pulled apart
- (transitive) To cause disagreement or alienation among or within
disunite, disunited, disunited
- (transitive) To separate; to disunite
disjoin, disjoined, disjoined
- to divide in two
to part the curtains
part, parted, parted
- to part or divide
to shed something in two
shed, shed, shed
- to separate
Please segregate the pairs of shoes by size into their respective boxes.
segregate, segregated, segregated
- To cut, divide or separate into pieces
section, sectioned, sectioned
- (intransitive, literally, of lines or paths) To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions
Both stories start out the same way, but they diverge halfway through.
diverge, diverged, diverged